Introduction

In 2013 the Department for Education (DfE) funded Child and Family Training to promote the use of DfE and other published resources on neglect including Childhood Neglect: Improving Outcomes for Children 2012. Further funding was made available the following year for the development of further materials on analysis and intervention. The 2-year project had three areas of activity:-

Dissemination of published materials to support the implementation of evidence-based practice through multi-agency training to enable practitioners in the children’s and relevant adults’ workforce, Local Authority (LA) areas and Local Safeguarding Children's Boards (LSCBs) to identify and respond to signs of neglect.

Training in the use of evidence-basedassessment and analysis across LA areas/LSCBs to support early intervention with children and young people at risk of harm from neglect and embed effective practice in protecting these children, and to make effective decisions and plans in case where there is significant harm due to chronic neglect.